NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Abe Veppumthara

Emergency Medicine Physician · Riverside, CA

Abe Veppumthara is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Riverside, California, and NPI 1962829259, issued on Mar 25, 2014. Check the license (California A148304, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1962829259
Name
Abe Veppumthara
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A148304 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
10800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92505
Phone
(951) 353-3558
Enumerated
Mar 25, 2014
Record last updated
Jun 1, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20170926004235); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
George Washington University School Of Medicine, 2014
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 10800 Magnolia Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Joseph Abapo, MDPediatrics Physician1841348786
  2. Hussein Abdulrassoul, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1972123891
  3. Kimberly Adams, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1053522870
  4. Alfredo Aguiar, PAPhysician Assistant1043368970
  5. Michael Aguinaldo, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1851531487
  6. Maria Aguirre, MDPediatrics Physician1295806255

Verify Abe Veppumthara in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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16% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

189 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 26 claims were for opioids.

  1. Abe Veppumthara189
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Cephalexin21 claims
  2. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen20 claims
  3. Naloxone Hcl19 claims
  4. Ondansetron Odt11 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Southern California Permanente Medical GroupRiverside, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Abe Veppumthara among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Abe Veppumthara is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 69% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 69% of these records are older, 28% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2014 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Oscar Benitez, MDRiverside, CA 925051710035696
  2. Barbara Blasko, MDRiverside, CA 925051689741597
  3. Richard Clinton, M.D.Riverside, CA 925051912117813
  4. Michael Cordeiro, M.D.Riverside, CA 925051902048473
  5. Stephen Ferrall, MDRiverside, CA 925051487721296
  6. Franklin Gbenedio, DORiverside, CA 925051285793943
  7. Bret Kilker, M.D.Riverside, CA 925051447494497
  8. Bruce Kim, MDRiverside, CA 925051699834259

Common questions

What is Abe Veppumthara's NPI number?

Abe Veppumthara's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962829259, issued on Mar 25, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Abe Veppumthara located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA, 92505. Phone: (951) 353-3558. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Abe Veppumthara's license?

NPPES lists California license number A148304, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Abe Veppumthara prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Abe Veppumthara had 189 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.